All hail Bale in Welsh town Bala


Football Soccer - Euro 2016 - Wales Training - Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France - 15/6/16 - Gareth Bale during Wales training session. REUTERS/Carl Recine

LONDON (Reuters) - The small north Wales town of Bala has temporarily renamed itself Bale for the duration of the Euro 2016 in honour of the country's most famous footballer.

Many people in Wales will be glued to TV screens later on Thursday when Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale and his team mates try to score a famous victory over England in Lens in Group B.

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